From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Buckley To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" Subject: press for cygwin Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:34:00 -0000 Message-id: <50A89B19AEAAD411B9D200A0C9FB5699E88EB0@craius.cportcorp.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg01428.html I emailed the author- I read your cygwin/OpenSSH article at win2kmag.com- I didn't care for it. You are proposing an unsupported method to install the cygwin toolset- even without this press for cygwin, the cygwin mailing list gets an email a week about "I installed with winzip, and something doesn't work." Many of the developers are tired of answering people who don't follow basic directions that are there for good reasons- winzip can't handle necessary things like symlinks- and sometimes they are a little curt with people who have cygwin problems and have shot themselves in the foot by performing a half-baked install. You might want to check the archives of the cygwin mailing list to see the numerous messages about broken installs due to not following directions. Also- you don't mention setting the CYGWIN variable to "ntsec", which I believe is required based on the openssh-2.9p2.readme (for sshd to work or be secure). You are setting a lot of people up for frustration and failure by recommending an incomplete/unsupported installation of these tools- when installed correctly, the cygwin toolset is fantastic. Maybe you should read and point people to http://tech.erdelynet.com . It has an excellent cygwin and ssh setup section, and ssh mailing list. Of course, YOU probably won't get all the pleas for help from people following your directions- the cygwin list/developers will. I think you should more carefully consider the implications of your article before you let someone publish it. "Does a man build a tower without first considering whether he has the time and materials to build it?" I forget what verse that is. Even though I disagree with you on the article, I want to thank you for helping out with crosswalk.com. -Peter -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/